%% BIOLOGY

\newglossaryentry{whitebloodcell}
{
name = {whiteblood cell},
description = {Immune system cells; not actually white. Make up approximately 1\% of the total blood volume in a healthy adult.},
}

\newglossaryentry{nucleotide}
{
name = {nucleotide},
description = {Subunits of nucleic acids such as DNA and RNA},
}

\newglossaryentry{pointmutation}
{
name = {point mutation},
description={A type of mutation that causes the replacement of a single base gls{nucleotide}},
}

\newglossaryentry{singlebasepair}
{
name = {single-base-pair mutation},
description={\emph{See} \gls{pointmutation}},
}

\newglossaryentry{specificity}
{
name = {specificity},
plural = {specificities},
description={Molecular specificity refers to the complementary needed for two molecules to bind.},
}

\newglossaryentry{affinity}
{
name = {affinity},
plural = {affinities},
description={\emph{See} \gls{specificity}},
}

\newglossaryentry{cytokine}
{
name = {cytokine},
description={Molecules released by cells to communicate. They are released mainly by immune cells, but also by other cell, when damaged for instance.},
}

\newglossaryentry{apoptsis}
{
name = {apoptsis},
description={Programmed cell death mechanism, used to dispose of damaged or unneeded cells. See also \gls{lysis}.},
}

\newglossaryentry{lysis}
{
name = {lysis},
description={Cell death by bursting, often by a virus or other means by which the integrity of the cellular membrane is compromised. See also \gls{apoptsis}.},
}

\newglossaryentry{antigen}
{
name = {antigen},
description={Refers to any invasor organic molecule that triggers the adapative system. It is an abbreviation of \textbf{anti}body \textbf{gen}erator, and is any structural substance which serves as a target for the receptors of an adaptive immune response.},
}

%% MODELS

\newglossaryentry{abms}
{
name = {agent-based model},
description={\emph{Refer to} section \ref{abms}},
}

%% ACRONYMS

\newacronym{abm}{ABM}{Agent-based model}
